English Quiz for NDA & Other Defence Exams: 13th March
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Directions: (1-10) Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences.
Q1. Serious effects followed by sudden event
(a) Reverberation
(b) Abatement
(c) Sissy
(d) Prescient
Q2. The way in which a substance holds together; thickness or viscosity
(a) corpulence
(b) consistency
(c) exigency
(d) exultancy
Q3. A person who loves art
(a) Philatelist
(b) Jibe
(c) Philomuse
(d) Lamster
Q4. An indirect reference
(a) Innuendo
(b) Remarks
(c) Suggestion
(d) Aside
Q5. Stick with a thick end used in a mortar for pounding.
(a) Thistle
(b) Stifle
(c) Sceptre
(d) Pestle
Q6. Not to be considered serious
(a) Draper
(b) Derisory
(c) Harridan
(d) Heifer
Q7. Country under the protection of a more powerful country
(a) Protectorate
(b) Scrimmage
(c) Scurry
(d) Hireling
Q8. A symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people
(a) obelisk
(b) minaret
(c) mast
(d) totem
Q9. Wave or flourish as a threat or in anger or excitement.
(a) Brawn
(b) Brawl
(c) Brim
(d) Brandish
Q10. To make atonement for one’s sins
(a) Expiate
(b) Renounce
(c) Remonstrate
(d) Recant
SOLUTIONS
S1. Ans.(a)
S2. Ans.(b)
S3. Ans.(c)
S4. Ans.(a)
S5. Ans.(d)
S6. Ans.(b)
S7. Ans.(a)
S8. Ans.(d)
S9. Ans.(d)
S10. Ans.(a)
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